Use Case Analysis


Use Case: 1 "retrieve a patient's data"



CHARACTERISTIC INFORMATION

Goal in Context: staff gives a name and expects latest data to be shown

Scope: hospital

Level: Primary task

Preconditions: patient already exists in the system

Success End Condition: staff can see the data related to the patient

Failed End Condition: data can not be retrieved, no data is shown

Primary Actor: medical staff eg. nurse



MAIN SUCCESS SCENARIO

1. staff enters a patient's name

2. system searches patient by name and captures latest data

3. system shows information on screen

see this in a sequence diagram


EXTENSIONS

2a. patient doesn't exist in system

2a1. inform staff that patient is unknown

2a2. ask staff for patient's name

see this in a sequence diagram


SUB-VARIATIONS

none



RELATED INFORMATION

Priority: top

Performance Target: immediate answer

Frequency: N/A

Superordinate Use Case: -

Subordinate Use Cases: -

Channel to primary actor: interaction

Secondary Actors: -

Channels to secondary actors: -



OPEN ISSUES

none


Sascha Hemminger 2004